Kehinde Ayanboade,
Ibadan.
Authority of the Oyo state has completed the discharge of One Thousand and Eight (1008) coronavirus patients after receiving their second test results so far.
The executive governor of Oyo state, Engr. Seyi Makinde who doubles as the Chairman of the state COVID-19 taskforce made this known in a series of teeet on the state’s official Twitter page on Monday.
Makinde explained that as at Monday morning, sixteen confirmed COVID-19 cases received their second negative test results and have been discharged, bringing the total number of discharged cases in Oyo State to 1008.
“Also, the COVID-19 confirmation tests for twenty suspected cases came back Positive. The cases are from Oluyole (5), Ido (3), Egbeda (3), Ibadan South East (2), Ibadan North (2), Lagelu (2), Ibadan South West (2) and Akinyele (1) Local Government Areas.
“So, the total number of confirmed cases in Oyo State today is 1726, ” the governor tweeted.
Recall that as at July 7, data released by the Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) revealed that Oyo state is one of the leading states in testing capacity.
